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5 things you missed: NPR on iTunes Radio, Photowall for Chromecast, more

By Kelly Metz, Digital First Media

Updated:
03/24/2014 02:55:48 PM EDT

The Itunes' logo is displayed on a tablet on January 2, 2014 in Paris. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)

1. NPR is now available on iTunes Radio

iTunes Radio is getting into the news streaming business – National Public Radio is now adding stations to iTunes and will start streaming 24 hours a day. Popular pre-recorded shows like “All Things Considered” will be interspersed with live news segments, and some local NPR affiliates should soon have stations of their own.

Disconnect Search is now available on the Web and as an Android app that will allow users to search items without the history being tracked or logged. The tool, introduced last October in beta, helps users block companies that track history. It's also available as plugins for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari.

Photowall for Chromecast is now available in the Apple App Store. The app allows its users to take photos, send them to the big screen through your Chromecast and create a YouTube video montage. One odd downside? It's iOS-only for now.

If you're stressed, just play Personal Zen for iOS for 25 minutes. The game takes you through a garden, where you have to search for one happy face and one angry face. As you trace your finger through the grass, you will be drawn to search for the happy face more – thus reducing anxiety.

Multitasking for Android, available now in the Google Play store, offers a suite of floating apps in one package, versus downloading each one individually. The apps run smoothly in the background and has a sidebar you can slide from the left side of the screen. The package comes with a calculator, calendar, notepad and more.

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